The Ogun State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man simply identified as Oju from Calabar, Cross River who reportedly stabbed his 36-year-old wife, Josephine Isaac to death in Agbure community, Ogun Waterside Local Government area of the state.

The spokesperson for the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

Odutola stated that one Blessing Isaac, the younger sister to the deceased, reported the tragic incident to the Abigi Police Division on Thursday at about 9:30 am.

Blessing was said to have told the police that at about 1:am on Thursday, Josephine, who was married to the man identified as Oju (full name yet to be confirmed), of Calabar origin, had a violent dispute with her husband.

Odutola said, “The altercation reportedly escalated into physical violence, during which the suspect stabbed his wife multiple times in the neck and chest with a knife.

“Upon realising the severity of her injuries and seeing her bleeding profusely, the suspect fled the scene, abandoning her.

“The victim was rushed to the Ibiade General Hospital, where she, unfortunately, succumbed to her injuries, as confirmed by medical personnel.”



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